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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Red Barbagia.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/497/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1978
Disbanded: 
January 1, 1982

Red Barbagia (BarbRo) was a left-wing and separatist terrorist organization based on the Italian island of Sardinia. It sought to make Sardinia an independent communist state. Red Barbagia mostly attacked and killed Italian military police in line with its stated campaign against the "militarization" of the island. It had logistical and operational ties to the Red Brigades (BR), Italy's largest left-wing terrorist organization, and may have staged attacks on the BR's behalf. BarbRo dissolved in 1982 after a repentant former BR member led law enforcement to a BR arms cache being guarded by members of BarbRo.

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